Well I definitely enjoyed my time off this last week. Thanksgiving was wonderful - it was just me, my mom, dad and brother. We ate some super delicious food and enjoyed our day. I seriously love my mama's food!
My mom and I worked on Christmas cards together and I got all mine done. They're not "Stampin' Up" cards, but they turned out really cute. I'm trying to decide whether or not to include a picture of me and Lola with the cards... LOL! Super cheesy? I can't decide. Other than the cards, I finished up the craft-makin' break by hemming up my brother's living room curtains. I feel the need to add that when I was hanging them up, I stepped the wrong way off the chair and the corner of the back jabbed my butt! HAHA! It's funny, but yeah...I cried...by myself. Oh and now I have an AWESOME ass bruise! MMMM! I'm looking forward to finishing up this quarter of school so I can make my own apron during my break.
Speaking of school, I have about three more weeks and I'm done with this quarter! YAY! It's went really well - I have an "A" right now in both of my courses! I'm really, really, REALLY excited to start my veterinary medicine classes next quarter, though!
Last but not least, I went and hung out in the desert by a bonfire last night. Good times, good times. Those of us that were too poor or had to work that couldn't make it to Moab this weekend, went out last night to the west desert, aka "Mini Moab". It was soooo fun! Crazy, but fun! We burned pallets last night and it was seriously so warm! I expected to freeze, but I walked around most of the night in a long-sleeve t-shirt. I also went out wheeling in a friend's jeep with my brother and another friend and yeah...we broke down. Well, we got a flat front tire. Needless to say, we limped back the two or three miles to camp on three tires and a rim (apparently rock crawler rims are only $50 bucks!) through the dirt. It was so stupid, but we laughed the entire way back - the WHOLE HOUR! HAHA! Nelly Furtado's "Maneater" song will never mean the same thing again! LOL! Lordie, I love my friends! :)
Oh also...CONGRATULATIONS SARAH!! My cutest ever friend is pregnant with her second baby! I'm so excited for her and her family. I'm also excited to make some baby blankets! WOO! Congrats, Sarah! :D
11.30.2008
Thanksgiving Break Review
11.26.2008
Turkey for You, Turkey for ME!
I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! I've had a lovely week off so far. I started on my craft projects! I finished the baby blanket yesterday and am underway on the aprons. Yes, I said apronsss! HAHA! My mom asked me to make her and our family friend, Gay, matching aprons for their annual stuffing-making-martini-drinking-pre-Thanksgiving-part-ay! HAHA! The aprons are turning out really, really cute, but they're also a PAIN! My fingers hurt like a mo-fo from sewing the apron ties and then turning them inside out. My fingertips are seriously raw and my fingernails are lifting! AHH! I love you, Mom! LOL!
Other than that, I'm just looking forward to Thanksgiving tomorrow. Next to Halloween, Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. I love hanging out with my mom and helping out with dinner. I love the smell of the house with all of the good food cooking. It's all just so lovely and familiar. I only live about twenty minutes away from my parents, but my brother and I have both said it many times: "There's nothing like going home". I have so many things to be 
grateful for...so many that I could fill this blog with a massive list for the rest of my life. I'll just say that I'm so thankful for my wonderful family. I love them more than anything in this world. I don't know how to explain it, but I just feel so secure in this life knowing they're here and they love me. I'm also thankful for my extended family and friends - pretty much one in the same. My extended family rules! I love hanging out with them! And my friends...they shake life up and keep things fun. I'm so grateful to live in this country and have the opportunity to earn a living. I'm very, very lucky in this life and I hope to never forget that.
I love you all! Happy Thanksgiving! A.C. & Lola~xoxox
Happy Birthday, Dad!
Happy Birthday, Dad! Thank you for taking me fishing, teaching me how to shoot things, making the most delicious deer jerky, kicking Zach's ass at bowling, being Lola's hero, looking after Mom, and being smart, funny and the best Dad ever. Ever!
Happy Birthday! I love you a whooooole bunch, Daddy! :D
11.24.2008
Work before Play...
Well I'm off work for the week. YAY! Unfortunately, gotta do some cleaning, homework and minor construction before I can do the fun stuff. Oh I'm also going to go see the "Twilight" movie again this week! HAHA! I want to see it again, sitting a little further back. What else? Hair tomorrow! Thank goodness...AC needs some color! I hope everyone is having a lovely Thanksgiving week! :D
11.21.2008
For the Love of "Twilight"
I'm two cups of coffee down and...still tired. HAHA! The movie was great last night! We had reserved seating and the expected throng of screaming teenage girls wasn't all that bad. I don't want to spoil the movie in case anyone still hasn't read the books, but I'll just say that I really liked it. Of course no movie ever lives up to the book they're made after, but I thought they did a pretty good job. There were some really unintentionally funny parts and the guy that plays Edward...*swoon*! HAHA! I was a little skeptical at first - like everyone else, I had my own Greek God set up in my mind, but I thought the actor did a great job. He can stare longinly into my eyes and suck my blood any time! LOL! The girl that played Bella was AWESOME! But, I've really liked Kristen Stewart for a long time. So if you get the chance, whether you've read the books or not, you should go see the movie. Boo-yah for angst-y teenage romance! XD
Sarah: If you read this, you BETTER update your blog today! I'm excited to write lots of "EEEE's!" and "WOOO's" in your comments! HAHA! :D
11.20.2008
All things "TWILIGHT"!
Tonight's the night! Going to see the new "Twilight" movie at exactly 11:59 PM!! Hell yeah! My cutie pie aunt Lou hooked me up with the new background...in honor of the awesome-ness of this book and the movie premiere! I'm really, really, really excited to go see the movie tonight...even if I'm gonna need two red bulls, a Coke, some Smarties and a caffeine IV to stay awake tomorrow at work! HAHA!
TWILIGHT! :D
Sewing Biotch
I have the three days before Thanksgiving off next week! YAY! I had planned to go out of town, but I'm in desperate need of a hair cut and color and the only day I could get in was next Tuesday. Seriously...two inches of re-growth right now! So...I'm staying home. Normally during the winter months I like to sew and make blankets, but I haven't had as much time with school this year. Anyways, I'm busting my butt to get my homework for this week AND next week done so I can be free next week to...BE CRAFTY! WOO! Here are the planned projects:
Baby Quilt!One of the girls here at work is having a baby in February. I've made quite a few quilts for friends, so I thought it'd be fun to make her a little one.
Christmas Cards!
My cute friend, Sara Lizbeth, had a Stampin' Up party last week and we made Christmas cards! It was so fun! I didn't end up ordering anything from the party since I'm trying to put most of my $$ towards school...although trust me - I could've easily spent a small fortune on all the fun stuff! But, the party did inspire me to make my own Christmas cards and send them out. It turns out my mama has a ton of fun stuff so I'm going to give it my best attempt to make some cute ones this year. If you get a paper plate with scribbles and pretty stickers on it this year...well, you're welcome. ;)
11.19.2008
Things to love.
Okay. Despite being a little cynical about love and slightly frustrated about my ass right now, these are things that I love very much today...
- A new hat in the Miranda Lambert merchandise store. Seriously...pink & camo?! I need one! :D
- Chips & sala. MMMMMM! Fresh salsa from The Store (yes, that's the actual name) and blue corn baked tortilla chips...delicious-ness galore!
- CoverGirl Wetslicks fruit spritzers lip gloss. I've never liked lip gloss (too sticky), but I love this stuff so much that when I go to buy it, I have secret thoughts about requesting boxes of it because I'm afraid they'll discontinue it! LOL!
- Lola Grizzle, Boo, Cletus, Poo-Face, Bubba...whatever. I love my little sidekick. :)
Thank God for lip gloss and puppies. :)
Week Eighteen
It's a day of poo-ey posts. I gained 0.2 pounds last week. Sucks. Granted, it's 0.2 pounds, but I haven't had a major down week in a long time so it's kinda frustrating. My baby brother convinced me last night that it's time to get back to the gym. I actually really like the gym, but I've been so hesitant about joining again since I have no idea what's going to happen with my life in the next couple months. I'm going to school half-time right now which still leaves me ample free time, but I'm starting full-time next quarter (January) - two in-class courses and two online ones. At the very least, I was convinced that only going once or twice a week is still better than nothing at all - that and the fact that I have a nagging (read: awesome) baby brother that will go with me and keep me motivated. I've made huge leaps & bounds in changing my eating habits the last couple months, so I guess this will be the next piece of the puzzle - the completed puzzle being WORLD DOMINATION! WOO! Just kidding...the end result being a skinny ass! So yeah...it was a minor gain week. Sucks. I'd just like to complete this post by bitching about double Biology homework this week, pompous-ass men that irritate the piss out of me and girls that put their makeup on in their car on the way to work (GAH!!). Pretty much all things deserving of a swift kick to the shin! LOL!
Still...VIVA LA RESISTANCE!
11.17.2008
If the song fits...
It's been over six months since I last talked to Kentucky. I wish I could say that I don't ever think about him and that I've moved on, but truth is...he still manages to occupy a lot of my brain space (along with thoughts of squirrels, frozen corn and how I'm going to afford that super dresser from Ikea... HAHA!). I think the hardest part is that it just ended. I don't know what he's doing now and that hurts the most. I'm fine with things not going the way I had hoped...that's life - you can't make someone love with you. But not being able to keep the awesome friend I had (or I thought I had) just sucks. Especially when that friend promises you that no matter what...you'll always be friends. Yeah right. Anyway, my life is lovely and it rules - I have all sorts of things to keep me bouncing around like a little kid hopped up on Pixie Stix. I guess sometimes I just get a little melancholy. So during my temporary, sugar-free pity party, a song came to mind: Jamey Johnson's "Dreaming My Dreams With You". Jamey Johnson rules the cool school. His voice reminds me of a cross between Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings and he seriously writes the most amazing songs. I bought his latest album a couple months ago and fell in love with it. This song is definitely one of my favorites - the lyrics just manage to hit home right now...
Jamey Johnson, "Dreaming My Dreams With You"
I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore,
And maybe I've learned this time.
I hope that I find what I'm reaching for,
the way that it is in my mind.
Someday I'll get over you.
I'll live to see it all through.
But I'll always miss,
Dreaming my dreams with you.
But I won't let it change me,
Not if I can.
I'd rather believe in love.
And give it away as much as I can,
To those that I'm fondest of.
Someday I'll get over you.
I'll live to see it all through.
But I'll always miss,
Dreaming my dreams with you.
Whoa. Calm Down.
I'm studying The Theory of Evolution right now for my Biology class. Exciting, I know. I had to tell Lola to calm down...
"Twilight" Movie!!! :D
*UPDATE: We are in fact going to the 11:59 PM screening of "Twilight" on Thursday night. WOO! Oh and yeah...I have to work the next morning. OUCH! Can you say Red Bull?! I'm still trying to decide what to wear! LOL! One of the girls is wearing a red scarf to symbolize a bloody neck! HAHA! Granted, there's no bloody necks in the books, but still...gotta show some love to the vampire phenom!
11.13.2008
Miranda & George - CMA's
I watched the Country Music Awards last night. *yawn* Talk about a hella-long show! The show was three hours (too) long - they only handed out nine awards! The sound seriously sucked too! It was awesome to hear Miranda Lambert sing "More Like Her" on the show last night, though. Here are a few of my favorite pics...
Miranda performing "More Like Her". I love this song - it's so beautiful and different! She wrote this song by herself. The video is in an earlier post - go watch it!
George Strait performing on the show last night. Miranda is definitely right up there in my favorite artists, but George...awww George. There's no words. He's just George. I never get tired of his music - it's classic and familiar. It doesn't hurt that he's so damn cute too! :P
11.11.2008
Week Seventeen
WOO! YAY! LOSE WEEK! HAHA! It's not much, but I lost 1.6 pounds last week. WOO! I also just found out that I got ONE HUNDRED PERCENT on my Biology midterm! AHHHHH! YAY! I was a little nervous! It was a short essay answer test and one of the questions kinda scared me. So yeah...good things happening right now! *happy dance*
Viva La Resistance! :D
11.07.2008
Crazy-Busy & Beautiful
Alright. I know I've done nothing but spout off on how crazy my life has been lately, so I figured I’d clue everyone in on what’s been going on. The biggest thing: I went back to school! Crazy, huh?! I am going back to school to get my Associate's degree in Animal Science!! I grew up having an insane love for animals (thanks, Mama) and wanting to be a veterinarian. I did a two-year internship at a large animal hospital in high school, but ended up leaving for various reasons and doing something else. I really enjoy my office job I have now (and I'm good at it), but I really just miss science and math and all things furry. I had a brief moment where I looked into nursing programs, but then I remembered that all things human make me say, "YUCK!" So after some digging and research, I found a school that will take me back to what I truly love and grew up wanting. It's a little crazy being back in school and having to say things like, “Nope...can’t go out on Friday...have to study”, but I’m really happy with my decision so far.
So obviously a huge part of being back in school includes tuition. Yeah...no fun. In order to save money on rent, I moved in with my brother a couple weeks ago. Yeah, I know - I just moved a couple months ago!! GAH! Anyways, he was thinking about getting a roommate, so my lovely mama mentioned something to us and we decided to be roomies! It’s been pretty great so far! In all honesty, my brother is my best friend. I love the kid like no other and we get along pretty great. So Lola and I are living with Zachey Boy. It hurt financially to break my lease at my apartment that I just moved into, but it will save me a butt load of money in the long run. Zach’s very clean and super about making me a cup of coffee in the mornings! HAHA! The only thing we’ve scuffled on so far is brand-name vs. generic cottage cheese! LOL!
So that’s what’s been happening with A.C. and The Grizz. Life is crazy-busy and exhausting right now, but then again...it’s hopeful, exciting, and as always, beautiful. Here’s to hoping that in two years, Lola and I will be outta the city, living on a farm, working at a clinic and as always...gittin' dirty!
xoxox ~ AC & Lola
11.06.2008
Work Halloween Pics
Hey all! Here are some Halloween pics from my work! Each pod dressed up as a different movie theme...
These were the "Sex and the City" girls!
"Juno"!! :D
"Night of the Living Dead" :/
"Children of the Corn" :/
"Dead Presidents" Gangstaaaa!
11.05.2008
Buckles, Boots 'n Spurs!
I just realized that I never thanked my hottie Aunt Staci for my cute background! I know, I'm a little late. Anyways, it's very me! I love everything country - including hot cowboys! WOOT WOO! HAHA! She found this cute Western layout for me and helped me out with making my blog fun!
Thanks, Lou! I love you!! :)
Week Fourteen-Fifteen-Sixteen
Finally, right?! A post about Weight Watchers! What can I say? The last MONTH has been insane! I went hunting/camping, went to Monticello, started school, went to Primm/Vegas and moved. Yeah! CRAZY! All in one month! I feel like I'm FINALLY going to be able to breathe this week! Anyways, the week after we got home from Vegas, I went to WW...and...it wasn't good. Last week I didn't get the chance to go because I was still moving. I'm in the middle of mid-terms this week, but my mom convinced me that I at least needed to go and weigh in. So I managed to make it in last night. The number? Exactly the same as before my month-long crazy life started. YAY! I didn't gain! HAHA! I am a little disheartened that I didn't lose - that's a month that could have been another 10 pounds, BUT at least I didn't gain. I started this with the intention to be healthy and lose weight - no matter how long it took. So, the fact that I didn't gain is really, really awesome for me. Vegas was filled with a lot of good food, and Halloween... Halloween was really hard for me for some reason. I generally don't have a sweet tooth, but for some reason, I could not stop eating candy. I did okay with eating, but let's face it...I could have done better. It's all good, though. I'm back to tracking and bringing my food again. Here's hoping that next week is a "downer" week! :P
Viva La Resistance!
11.04.2008
Halloween Pics!
I know I'm being such a slacker with my blog right now, but life's been crazy. I feel like it might FINALLY slow down a bit this week. YAY!
and funniest costumes I've ever donned. We went to our friends' house on Halloween for a party and it RULED! True to Britney form, I carried my Starbucks cup around with me all night - the baby and the Cheetos only lasted for about an hour before I stuffed them into a corner. Everyone thought my costume was super funny and original! I seriously laughed all night, "YAAAA'LLLL!" :D
